betweenity

Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools

betweenity

by Lindsay Price

This vignette play explores the beats, pauses, and neverending silences in conversation. An excellent class project with parts for everyone.

 About 30 minutes

Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks


 12
4 M | 4 W | 4 Any Gender, Easily Expandable


Simple Set


 29 pages

Comedy Choral Work Vignettes
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“It’s the grace in-between. It’s the breath left unseen. It’s the catch and the break and the hole in the screen.”

We’ve all been there. The awkward pause. The silence where you just can’t think of something to say. The space in-between words where nothing is said and yet so much is spoken. The state of being between.

This vignette play explores the beats, pauses, and never-ending silences in conversation. The girl who tries to tell her best friend she wants to date him. The boy who creates the wrong kind of pause. The sister who is dealing with the silent treatment. The guy who wants to confess but can’t open his mouth. The daughter who doesn’t want to talk because talking makes her remember.

An excellent class project play with parts for everyone at all levels with a great technique exploration. How do you act in a pause?


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